10 Interesting Facts About The Mercedes-Maybach S650 Guard

Our honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi bought himself a new car, and we are more excited about it than he can ever be. Now, people like the Prime Minister or Presidents may or may not have many friends, but they definitely have a lot of enemies, and this new toy from Mercedes does its best to sabotage all of their plans. This is not just any bulletproof car, and it raises the bar higher than ever for safety standards pertaining to maximum security. Here are ten interesting facts about the Mercedes-Maybach S650 Guard that will blow your mind.

1. It costs more than Rs.12 Crores, but the actual price is not revealed.
2. VR10-Level Protection is the highest ever protection in a production vehicle.
3. Can withstand an explosive force of up to 15kg of TNT from a distance of just 2 metres.
4. Body shell and four-inch-thick windows get polycarbonate coating on the inside capable of withstanding armour-piercing bullets.

   

5. 6.0-litre Twin-Turbo V12 produces 523 hp of power and 830 Nm of torque and a top speed electronically limited to 190 km/h.
6. It has a heavily-armoured underbody to protect its occupants from explosions caused by land mines.

   

7. It runs on Michelin PAX run-flat tires that allow the vehicle to run as much as 30 kms after going flat.
8. It gets a separate oxygen tank in case of a gas attack. The fuel tank is made of similar material used by Boeing for its AH-64 Apache helicopters and receives a special coating to instantly seal holes after a bullet hit.Get your car serviced at GoMechanic.

   

9. The rest of the car remains a regular Maybach with the pinnacle of luxury ranging from powered massager seats, multi-zone climate control and more.

   

10. Special Protection Group (SPG) is responsible for protecting the country’s head of state. The SPG identifies the security requirements and then decides if the dignified person they are protecting requires a vehicle upgrade or not. The SPG orders two identical cars, and the second vehicle is used as a decoy.

Visually it is almost indistinguishable from a regular Maybach unless you start to observe the details, which is a neat trick to deceive the uninitiated. PM Narendra Modi was first seen arriving in this tank of a car at the Hyderabad House when he met Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 6. Previously, it was the Range Rover Vogue and Toyota Land Cruiser that was safeguarding the Prime Minister since he assumed office while he had a customised Scorpio and Bolero while he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

Let us know your opinion on these facts about the Mercedes-Maybach S650 Guard, and do you think it could have had any more modifications that could make it any safer than it already is?